Performance (pystone) of python 2.4 lower then python 2.3 ???

[Simon Wittber]

> Which shows a decrease in performance. Could this have anything to do with the
> fact that is is a dual processor box?

Doubtful. I'm running dual Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz (Win XP) and get the
following results:

C:\>python23\python Python23\lib\test\pystone.py
Pystone(1.1) time for 50000 passes = 1.43068
This machine benchmarks at 34948.3 pystones/second

C:\>python24\python Python24\lib\test\pystone.py
Pystone(1.1) time for 50000 passes = 1.28359
This machine benchmarks at 38953.2 pystones/second

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